UVMC nurse Employee of Year

TROY — Ivy Thoman, a nurse specialist in the Emergency Department, was recognized as the 2018 Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) Employee of the Year during the Employee and Silver Anniversary Club banquet, Nov. 13.

Tom Parker, UVMC president, announced Thoman’s selection. She has been employed by UVMC since July 2007.

She was recognized by fellow employees as a positive role model and an inspiring nurse.

“She is devoted to increasing patient safety and satisfaction while being a mentor to other nurses,” a nominator wrote. “Ivy is highly skilled, compassionate, a sound critical thinker, a collaborator and consistently displays the highest ethical standards.”